Corner fastener for beds



Dec. 4 14923.;

W. J. DUVALL` CORNER FASTENER FOR BEDS y Filed May '7;

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Patented Dec. 4, 1923.

Unirse srsrss PATEnraorFics- WILLIAM J'. DUVALL, OFST. LOUS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR .'LOl SIIIITH,& 'DAVIS MFG.

' CO., OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION" 0F MISSOURI. i

CORNER FSTENER FOR BEDS.

Application filed May 7, 1923. ySerial No. 637,239..v i Y To all 'whom it mag/concern.'

Be it known that I, INILLIAM J. DUvAni.,

a citizen of the United States, residing at` into which the bed side-rail may be quickly and securely fastened without the need of detachable parts; a further object is to provide a corner fastener that is simple and that may be cheaply constructed. Further advantages will be better apparent from a detailed description of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which# Figure 1V is a perspective view of a bed showing my improved corner fasteners applied g. Fig. 2 is an outside side elevation of the corner fastener; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of the same; Fig. 4 is avertical cross-section taken on the line 4.-4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, I-I represents the head end of a skeleton bedA and F the v foot end, which are connected by side-rails l, l. The side-rails must be readily detachable from the end pieces of the bed for the purpose of setting up the bed and taking it down, consequently the corner fasteners 2, 2, etc., are secured to the bed posts P to receive the ends of the rails 1. Formerly these corner fasteners or brackets were made of'cast metal, but in recent years the corner fasteners have been variously made of stamped metal to obviate the necessity of the foundry. Some of these corners are too complicated or have too many separable parts for practical use. My improved corner has but few parts, none of which need be removed to admit and fasten in place the side-rail, as will be seen from the following description.

The corner consists of a housing 3, the rear wall 4 of which extends both above and below the housing proper to provide ears 4, 4, through which the corner is screwed or otherwise secured to the bed-post P.

The housing is in the shape of an inverted letter U, i. e., it is open at the'bottom, this open bottom being traversed by a brace 5 rivetedV into the sides of the housing.v The top wall of the housing is traversed by a rivet 6 near the rear wall 4, and a block 7 is loosely' mounted on the rivet, there being a clearance space between the block 7 and the top wall of the housing 3 for a purpose presently to appear. The brace 5 is provided with a tapped hole 0- through which is screwed a stud 8, the end of which 1s adapted to engage a recess r in the inwardly extending portion of the block 7 Two rivets 9 and 10 in spaced relation traverse the outside wall of the housing 3 about a distance from the top of the housing equalto half the width of a side-rail 1.

The rails 1 are angle irons,l their legs al from a distance equal to that between rivets 9 and 10.

In setting up the bed, each end of the railsV 1 is inserted into a housing 3 so that leg a is in a horizontal plane and enters the space between the top of the housing and the block 7, the slot 11 receiving rivet 6. At the same time the vertical leg b will hug the side wall, having rivets 9 and 10 which will enter slot 12 in this leg. insertion'of the rail end in this manner is not sufiicient to hold it secure. The rail is firmly secured by screwing up the stud 8 as tightly as possible, which forces the block 7 against the leg a, raising `the rail 1 so that the rivets'9 and 10 will'enter the depressions 13 and 14, and firmly clamping leg a be-V tweenblock 7 and the top of the housing.' The rail is now firmly held against movement in the housing in every direction.

In order to knock down the bed it is only necessary to loosen the stud 8 sufficiently to permit the rivets 9 and 10 to slip out of de- However, the mereA corner bracket mounted on said post, said bracket comprisingaffhousing, Va b'iock-y mov-v able mounted withinftne housing= adjacent the'top wall thereof and in spacedrelation therewith., a pin extending into the lhousing from a side Wall, thereof, one component of aforesaid rail being insertable between the block and top Wall of the housing, the other having a slot orreeeiving the pin, and means for simultaneously clamping said block against the rail and locking the rail tofsaid pin.

2. in combination with a'be'd post 'and side-rail adapted *to be -seeured thereto, a. bracket-secured to said' postysaidfbraeket comprising va housing, .a block movab'ly mounte'dwithintthe housinghadjacent ythe bers, one Gif-Which is adapted to enter thef space between said block and housing, and

fthe other having a slot with spacedV depressions, said slot being adapted to receive the aforesaid pins,fandv a stud traversing said brace and engaging the aforesaid b1oek,'the block operating to'cIa-mp one Vrail compr nentiand the pinsentering'thefsaid depressions Aon screwing inv the stud.

` In testimony Whereo1v I- hereunto Y my signature. WVNL J DU VALL. 

